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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: MERIT have not yet promoted him, living as we
do in an age favorable to men of genius.
Obliged to wander from place to place, instead
of indulging himself in private with his
favorite dish, he is under the uncomfortable
necessity of eating in public, and helping
himself from the kitchen fire of some paltry ale-
house in the country.''
His advertisements show that he was before
the public from 1718 to 1780. One of his later
advertisements runs as follows:
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